Tuesdays with Story
January 5, 2021
The first word . . .
“Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.”
― Salman Rushdie
Six people submitted this week.
— Jaime Nelson Noven (chapter 5-6, Outsleep). . . A lot of important things to chew on this week, including illustrating what makes Rice tick, in particular why she hates outsleep and why she’s a standup. We looked at other low birthrate stories and stories where kids live their lives in the limelight and ask what makes my story unique. We wondered what the media’s and her parents’ expectations were for her, how she would have subverted them, and how that would have affected her life. I’ll be working hard at connecting all these dots! Thank you.
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